Jeska

Jeska (83 BC-) was an Egyptian smuggler who operated in the Sapi-Res Nome during the mid-1st century BC.

Biography
Jeska was born in Mefkat, Ptolemaic Egypt in 83 BC, and she befriended the Sais master brewer Harkuf. During the reign of Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and the local governor Sefetu, Harkuf and Jeska formed a resistance network to smuggle goods and people out of the town, with Jeska bringing the refugees to Mefkat. She was once captured by Sefetu's soldiers, taken to Fort Nikiou, and tortured and burned after she spat in their faces, and she was eventually released due to her refusal to cooperate. In 48 BC, Harkuf believed her to be dead after she suddenly changed her route to run through a dangerous hippopotamus lair, and he sought to appoint Amosis as her successor; however, the medjay Bayek found out from Amosis that Jeska was still alive. Bayek proceeded to find Jeska at a hippopotamus lair, saving her from the beasts by slaying several of them, and she asked him to escort her to Mefkat to check on Pentu, Anen, and Wenis. They found the town in flames, and they proceeded to kill all of the soldiers before discovering that Pentu was still alive. They took Pentu to Jeska's cousins to be helped, and they saved another life when they rescued Harkuf from the fort; Jeska showed Bayek an underground passage which she used to smuggle goods through the fort.